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CELEBRATING ITS 11th YEAR

SCHOOL FOR SCANNING:
THE A-Z OF CREATING DIGITAL COLLECTIONS

"REGISTRATION CLOSED "

A conference for staff and administrators of libraries, archives, museums, and historical organizations, as well as corporate archivists and information technology professionals, who seek to create, manage, and preserve digital assets.

School for Scanning is not just about scanning anymore! Over the years, the conference content has evolved to keep pace with the latest digital technologies.

May 1–3, 2007
Minneapolis Marriott City Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Conference cost is  $595
Registration deadline has been extended to Monday, April 23, 2007.

Photo:  Minnehaha Falls, Minneapolis
Credit: Karla Caspari/iStockphoto

In its ten-year history, School for Scanning has gained a reputation for providing current information on creating and managing digital collections. This popular 3-day conference takes digitization from theory into practice and is geared toward participants with a beginning or intermediate level of digital knowledge. More experienced participants will benefit from the program’s discussions on the latest developments in digital curation.

This conference is co-sponsored by the Midwest Art Conservation Center

 

NEDCC gratefully acknowledges support for its field
service activities by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Conference topics include:

• Keynote: Reading the Future
• Shareable Metadata
• Essentials of Delivery Systems
• Planning a Digital Project
• Outsourcing and Vendor Relations
• Copyright and Rights Management
• Building Good Digital Collections
• Funding for Digitization
• Preservation in a Digital World

Faculty

• Grace Agnew, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
• Murtha Baca, The Getty Research Institute
• Howard Besser, New York University
• Liz Bishoff, University of Colorado, Boulder
• Thomas Blake, Boston Public Library
• Kristine Brancolini, Loyola Marymount University
• Stephen Chapman, Harvard University
• Greg Colati, University of Denver
• Robin Dale, RLG – Programs, OCLC Office of Programs & Research
• Franziska Frey, Rochester Institute of Technology
• Hannah Frost, Stanford University
• Janet Gertz, Columbia University
• Peter Hirtle, Cornell University
• David Mathews, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• Roy Tennant, California Digital Library

New!  Break-Out Sessions
Concurrent break-out sessions on Day 1 and Day 2 provide an opportunity to explore topics of interest with leading experts in the field.

Day 1: Image Capture Selection for Digitization Test Driving the Technology

Day 2: Digitizing Text Digitizing Images Digitizing Audio and Video

New!  Vendor Showcase
Visit with vendors who provide digital products and services to libraries, museums, archives, and other cultural institutions. Check out their services, new releases, and products currently under development.

Download Exhibitor Prospectus

Note: If you are a vendor interested in exhibiting at the School for Scanning Vendor Showcase, please contact Julie Carlson, jcarlson@nedcc.org.